How to Use excuse in a Sentence

excuse

1 of 2 verb

• The teacher excused the class from homework that day.
• His boss excused the mistake but told him to be more careful next time.
• Nothing can excuse that kind of rudeness.
• Please excuse me for not calling sooner.
• I was excused from jury duty.
• Her father's illness excused her absence.
• Please excuse the pun, but what was the genesis for The Book of Clarence?
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2023
• And sometimes a kitchen knife, excuse the pun, just won't cut it.
  — Janae McKenzie, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
• At a certain point the friend excused himself to prep some pizza.
  — Sunshine Flint, wsj.com, 26 Sep. 2023
• But then, as he was excused from the lectern, the junior tailback offered a final thought of his own.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2023
• Four years ago, a voter could be excused for voting for Biden.
  — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2024
• When the judge alerted the courtroom that the surveillance video would be played, Blake excused herself.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023
• The district attorney, or his people, are excused from the room.
  — CBS News, 26 Mar. 2023
• Which isn’t to say that Ocean should be excused for his vanishing act on Sunday night.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
• Speaking of the offense: That’s hardly to excuse the offense.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• In the middle of our conversation, Woods excused herself to take a call on her cell phone.
  — Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
• The school district told parents that students’ absences Monday would be excused in light of the threats.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 8 May 2023
• The Senate then voted 17 to 3 to pass the bill hours later, with nine lawmakers absent and one excused.
  — oregonlive, 15 June 2023
• Please excuse in advance some of the very mature euphemisms deployed in lieu of certain terms.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022
• Schools offer excused absences to witness the event Some school districts are leaving the choice up to parents.
  — USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
• Pratt told reporters back in Cincinnati on Monday that he got caught up in the moment, but that didn’t excuse his actions.
  — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2023
• The committee passed the bill on a partisan 13 to 8 vote with two lawmakers excused.
  — oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2023
• And the United States has now pointed that figure - figure - finger, excuse me, right at the Kremlin.
  — CBS News, 18 Sep. 2022
• In 2013, the state amended the law, giving school principals more leeway to excuse absences.
  — Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• Pollack says the discovery of that puzzle piece was his favorite moment in the (excuse the metaphor) blossoming of the song.
  — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 9 Mar. 2023
• All 17 jurors have sat through the entire trial, not knowing who will be excused at the end as an alternate.
  — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2024
• The 100 jurors summoned for the jury selection process will be excused.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
• Worse still, Pelosi’s bill would excuse officials from disclosing the holdings of their fake blind trusts.
  — Walter Shaub, Time, 30 Sep. 2022
• The sketch is Youssef trying to excuse the many embarrassing moments.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2024
• But understanding these pressures is not the same as excusing them.
  — Andrew Exum, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2024

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excuse

2 of 2 noun

• I made my excuses and left.
• His birthday gives us a good excuse for a party.
• What's your excuse for being so late?
• She had no valid excuse for not finishing her homework.
• He's always making excuses for himself.
• At the time, that sounded to me like a bit of an excuse.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• Bieber used a trip to Japan as a very valid excuse to switch up her nails.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 12 Sep. 2023
• Valentine’s Day is a great excuse to go hard on self-care.
  — Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 7 Feb. 2024
• There were times when the rivals could have found a way to play football games, but excuses got in the way.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• The excuse of not being able to watch isn’t going to be an excuse any more.
  — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
• Their coach implored his team that the excuses of the past month — so many of which were valid — needed to end.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• Rypien put on a glove and longer cleats but was quick to say the wet weather wasn’t an excuse.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2023
• Who doesn’t love an excuse to dress up their precious pooch?
  — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
• In the book, Raymond Cruz is itching for an excuse to shoot it out with Mansell, and Raylan was like that a lot on the old show.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2023
• While the fire department truck had not been in its lane, that is little excuse.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
• Each of these tips can work for every kind of space, so there's no excuse to leave your closet messy.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 28 Apr. 2023
• Reporters who seemed to be chomping at the bit to tear her down now had an excuse to damage her name.
  — Hazlitt, 31 Jan. 2024
• Don’t try to use Matthew McConaughey as an excuse to beat the ticket.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 12 June 2023
• My only excuse for not starting this one yet is that there are so many shows out right now.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 May 2023
• Not that there were any excuses for the explosive touchdowns the first time around, but there can be none this year.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 16 July 2023
• Schools are heading into spring break this month, and for us, that’s a great excuse to update our own wardrobes.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 22 Mar. 2024
• That said, for a film that runs more than two hours, there’s almost no excuse for not making all six of the haenyeo feel well rounded.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023
• The little girl simply did not want to head out the door to summer camp, finding any and all excuses to hang back.
  — Maureen Salamon, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• For people without kids, a rainy day is a great excuse to catch up on a long overdue project, read a good book, or take a nap.
  — Allison Andrews, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The former is poor grammar; the latter is both poor grammar and an excuse for laziness.
  — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
• Even in the best of times, an excuse to stomp and dance and party with strangers arrives like an unexpected check.
  — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
• Plus, the costume gave him an excuse to try out another one of his lifelong dreams.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
• Most potential customers just need an excuse to choose you over anyone else in the room.
  — Aili McGill, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023
• The flavors and frying forms are endlessly versatile and offer a great excuse to load up on cheese, sour cream or ketchup.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
• Marcus acted out the opponents, partially as an excuse to scare his younger siblings, but also as a way to hone their skills.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024